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  • The Quotable Karenga - Rubber-Stamped By The Author

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    THE QUOTABLE KARENGA - RUBBER-STAMPED BY THE AUTHOR

    (KARENGA, MAULANA RON). Karenga, Maulana Ron. Clyde Halisi & James Mtume, Editors. Los Angeles: US, 1967. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Black Power Document. Very Good +.. 32pp, no illustrations. Dr. Maulana Ron Karenga (né Ronald McKinley Everett) was the founder of the Los Angeles-based Black Nationalist movement US - sometimes referred to as "United Slaves". US frequently operated in opposition to their rivals, the more widespread Black Panther Party, culminating in a deadly gun battle between the two on the UCLA campus in 1969. Not long after, Karenga and two associates were tried and convicted for torturing two US members, for which he served five years in prison. Upon his release, Dr. Karenga revived the dormant US, has since taught studies in Black History and Culture, and is credited with developing the holiday Kwanzaa. Published by US at the height of his influence and notoriety, this slender book is divided into chapters containing Karenga's thoughts on "Black Cultural Nationalism", "Revolution", "Politics", "House System", "Art", "Religion", and "Liberals". An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1967 first printing of this uncommon document of sixties West Coast radicalism additionally BOLDLY RUBBER-STAMPED "Maulana Ron Karenga / Founder - Chairman / US" with the organization's telephone number, address, and stylized Africanesque cartouche on the title page showing some mild spotting and offsetting to the rear cover. Inventory Number: 024417

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    Filed Under: African-American Art, Miscellany, Signed Books

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